Auditor: School choice cost Iowans $258 million

By: Cami Koons

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: June 18, 2026

Words: 1,240

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Nearly 79% of students who used Iowa’s funding program for K-12 private schools were “already projected” to attend private schools, according to a report released Wednesday by Iowa Auditor Rob Sand.

Iowa Department of Education called the report a “policy advocacy brief” that critiqued statutory provisions of the Iowa Education Savings Account (ESA) program.

Iowa’s ESA program provides funding to students to use on tuition and associated costs at private schools and had an …

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